Backplane for eye-mounted display
First Claim
1. A backplane that fits in an eye-mounted display, the backplane receiving data packets that specify images to be projected by a frontplane containing an array of light emitters that also fits in the eye-mounted display, the backplane converting the data packets to drive signals that drive corresponding subsets of the light emitters in the frontplane, where:
- the data packets specify subframes to be projected by the corresponding subsets of light emitters using a protocol that does not require receiving full frames for the entire array of light emitters; and
the drive signals cause the corresponding subsets of light emitters to produce light.
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Abstract
An eye-mounted display includes a femtoprojector, which includes a backplane and a frontplane. The backplane receives data (e.g., data packets) that specify the image to be projected by the eye-mounted display. It converts this data to drive signals (e.g., current) to drive the frontplane. The frontplane contains an array of light emitters (e.g., LEDs) that produce light according to the drive signals, thus generating the desired image. In one approach, the image is deconstructed and transmitted to the backplane as needed as microframes which are displayed asynchronously and only for regions where the image has changed, rather than continuously scanning full picture frames at the full frame rate. In another aspect, the femtoprojector has variable pitch between adjacent light emitters.
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22 Claims
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1. A backplane that fits in an eye-mounted display, the backplane receiving data packets that specify images to be projected by a frontplane containing an array of light emitters that also fits in the eye-mounted display, the backplane converting the data packets to drive signals that drive corresponding subsets of the light emitters in the frontplane, where:
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the data packets specify subframes to be projected by the corresponding subsets of light emitters using a protocol that does not require receiving full frames for the entire array of light emitters; and the drive signals cause the corresponding subsets of light emitters to produce light. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22)
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19. An eye-mounted display comprising:
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a contact lens; and a backplane and a frontplane that fit in the eye-mounted display, the frontplane containing an array of light emitters, the backplane receiving data packets that specify images to be projected by the frontplane, the backplane converting the data packets to drive signals that drive corresponding subsets of the light emitters in the frontplane, where; the data packets specify the images using a protocol that does not require receiving full frames for the entire array of light emitters; the data packets specify subframes to be projected by the corresponding subsets of light emitters; and the drive signals cause the corresponding subsets of light emitters to produce light.
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20. A method for communicating images to be displayed by an eye-mounted display, the eye-mounted display comprising a backplane and a frontplane containing an array of light emitters, the method comprising:
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deconstructing the images into subframes to be projected by corresponding subsets of light emitters; and transmitting to the backplane data packets that specify the subframes, the transmission using a protocol that does not require receiving full frames for the entire array of light emitters, where the backplane converts the data packets to drive signals that cause the corresponding subsets of light emitters to produce light.
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Specification